200MW! LEAPTING Nailed Down Another Project With Hundreds of Cleaning Robots Order In India!

Recently, LEAPTING has officially announced that it will supply over 200MW of hundreds of G1 Automatic Cleaning Robots for 5 projects in India. Currently, all the robots are well-prepared at LEAPTING’s Huzhou Smart Factory. Soon, we will be able to witness the thrilling scene of “robot worker” working together efficiently to remove the PV panel dust on overseas project sites in India.

It is reported that the five projects are located in remote and sandy regions of India, where solar radiation resources are highly abundant. Nevertheless, the strong winds and sandstorms in the desert will lead to the accumulation of dust on the photovoltaic panels, resulting in a reduction in photovoltaic power generation efficiency and even serious situations such as hot spots on the products and damage. According to the report of the International Energy Agency (IEA), air pollution in India is severe, with the panel dust loss rate ranging from 17 to 25%, and economic losses amounting to nearly 1 billion euros. Meanwhile, India suffers from water shortages, and the government has already issued an order prohibiting the construction of new photovoltaic power stations from using water to clean the panel surfaces. In addition, the continuously high cost of hiring manual cleaning labor makes it evident that under the double pressure of cleaning demand and water ban, so the automatic cleaning robot is gradually emerging as the top choice for photovoltaic panel cleaning in India! In the latest ranking of the ‘India Solar Market Share Leaders for the First Half of 2024’ released by Mercom India Research, LEAPTING tops the market share ranking of intelligent cleaning robots for photovoltaic panels in India.

For the five project sites with a total capacity of 200MW, Leaping has offered hundreds of G1 automatic cleaning robots, which can cover an area of 6.5 square kilometers and approximately 650,000 photovoltaic panels. When the power station ceases to generate electricity at night, it can achieve at least one high-frequency cleaning operation, with a cleaning rate of 99% or above. This effectively addresses the issue of dust coverage and helps the photovoltaic panels maintain their optimal power generation state on a daily basis.

In the previous Indian project sites of LEAPTING, we noted that under traditional conditions, a solar power plant with an approximate capacity of 200MW would usually need 20 workers to clean the modules manually and it would consume 10 to 15 working days. However, after the deployment of LEAPTING automatic cleaning robots, by simply setting the evening work schedule, all the cleaning robots could complete the entire cleaning task of the entire power plant in one night. Just imagine that each automatic cleaning robot can reach a maximum cleaning distance of 2 kilometers per single operation. When hundreds of robots operate simultaneously, this will far surpass the speed and coverage of manual cleaning. This not only significantly reduces the labor maintenance cost, but also markedly enhances power generation, thereby strengthening the overall power generation benefits of the power plant.

LEAPTING is devoted to the research and manufacture of intelligent robots for photovoltaic energy. Ever since the company’s establishment, we have been committed to the research and development of photovoltaic intelligent cleaning robots. Each product has undergone 3 to 4 years of meticulous refinement before being introduced to the market. Nevertheless, in the face of intense market competition, we have consistently endeavored to enhance the reliability of cleaning robots through technological innovation, reduce product usage costs, and thereby assist customers in improving their return on investment. This is precisely the key factor contributing to LEAPTING topping the list in the Indian photovoltaic module intelligent cleaning robot market in the first half of 2024.

So far, LEAPTING offers two solutions in the field of intelligent cleaning of photovoltaic modules. For photovoltaic power stations with relatively regular layouts and smaller scales, G1 automatic cleaning robots can be employed; for large-scales centralized photovoltaic power stations, automatic navigation vehicle-mounted cleaning robots can be utilized, or a combination of the two cleaning robots can be adopted, ensuring that the cleaning efficiency of the modules can reach 99% or above. Moreover, the investment return cycle of both robots is merely 1 to 3 years.

Undoubtedly, photovoltaic module cleaning robots are bound to become the supporting facilities for intelligent operation and maintenance of photovoltaic power stations! Especially driven by the global “carbon neutrality” goals, photovoltaic cleaning robots are expected to further emerge as the inevitable choice for the development of clean energy!